diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 25c90b762..7a26e8b88 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "season": "0.14.0",
     "semver": "1.1.4",
     "space-pen": "2.0.0",
-    "telepath": "0.33.0",
+    "telepath": "0.34.0",
     "temp": "0.5.0",
     "underscore-plus": "0.3.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/editor.coffee b/src/editor.coffee
index e236ca41c..4b3fdb8a1 100644
--- a/src/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/editor.coffee
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Editor extends View
       @edit(editSession)
     else if @mini
       @edit(new EditSession
-        buffer: new TextBuffer
+        buffer: TextBuffer.createAsRoot()
         softWrap: false
         tabLength: 2
         softTabs: true